My Dance With The Elements

Earth. Air. Fire. Water. 

These are the spirits that blow life into me - that turn the embers of my resting heart into the roaring fire that is my Witch Power. The things that nourish my soul and allow me to root deeply into my identity as a Witch. 

When I first became serious about my practice, I felt silly while calling the quarters and invoking the elemental spirits associated with each direction. It was hard for me to envision and connect. Later I discovered that it was because I was inside. I needed to have my bare feet on the earth - I needed to feel the wind dancing around my body while rain drops kissed my flesh. There is something special that happens when you surrender yourself to nature.

It is in those moments - when you surrender to your inner wild and run out into the storm. Those moments when you bundle up and walk through the silent, snow covered woods. Those moments when you find yourself traveling through the glowing coals at the base of a fire - awakening parts of your subconscious that had long been sleeping. Those are the moments that there is no doubt that you are, in fact, magick. 

-Debra Fay